Implementing multifactor authentication

- [Voiceover] Earlier in this course we discussed…a defense in-depth approach, essentially a solution…that provides layers to minimize the amount…of possible attacks or possible vulnerabilities…that we have in our environment.…A great method or representation of that layered solution…is Multi Factor Authentication, essentially ensuring…that a user proves his or her identity…by providing multiple methods of authentication.…One of those methods of authentication is,…of course, a username and password…that we're all very familiar with,…but what we're doing is adding a secondary method,…and that secondary method is provided…through a device, an actual physical device…that we have with us at most times.…

Typically if you've been familiar…with Multi Factor Authentications…that have been available in the last 20 years,…you've seen other types of authentications…that required third party devices…that had to be shipped to a user and that were usually…expensive and complicated to configure.…Today we have cell phones, and most of us…

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8/8/2016

More than 60% of Fortune 500 companies rely on Microsoft Azure for cloud services. With Azure, they can scale faster and cheaper. But with great power and flexibility comes risk. The professionals in charge of Azure management need to know how to secure services correctly to protect the data flowing between client computers and the cloud.

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